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Environmental study next for Chattanooga’s Central Avenue

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By Cliff Hightower December 28, 2012 2 min read

Central Avenue expansion

Vannice Hughley hates the thought of seeing a road pass through a historic former park in downtown Chattanooga.

But she knows progress will happen and she can’t change that. The president of the Lincoln Park Neighborhood Association just wishes the city would listen to the residents’ concerns as a new road is built near their homes.

“Are we in on it? No,” Hughley said. “Are we up on it? No. Can we do anything about it? No.”

Chattanooga is set to start an environmental study in a month on extending Central Avenue to Amnicola Highway. The almost $6 million project would build a road almost a quarter-mile long and create greater access to Erlanger hospital and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Dennis Malone, assistant city engineer, said the residents will be able to voice their opinions at public meetings within the next two months.